[quote=bacho]Think about it, modern formula boats with self tackers are designed to race around windward leeward courses. They will smoke a Hobie 18 sailing at high angles towards a Windward buoy and sailing the low angles towards a Leeward buoy. By comparison they are not all that fast in between. As Sam mentioned, it can really be a tossup between a boat like a Hobie 18 and a formula 18 on a reach if the formula boat cannot carry a kite. Boats like a North American rig 6.0 be a superior weapon in that condition. I’ve even seen some hobie 16s in really stout wind travel at speeds on a reach that my F-18 would rarely see. The F-18 will reach that speed at a much deeper angle though.
How this relates to the OP is it doesn’t really say anything at all about either skippers skill or much about the boats. It’s quite an apples and oranges comparison. If neither skipper actively participates in racing, it’s likely they have little idea how much or little they might be sailing their boat to their full potential.[/quote]
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